User:Jonathan/Tankless Revers Osmosis Physical DRM (Culligan, Waterdrop): Difference between revisions
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|Website=https://www.culligan.com/product/culligan-aquasential-tankless-ro-drinking-water-filter-system | |Website=https://www.culligan.com/product/culligan-aquasential-tankless-ro-drinking-water-filter-system | ||
|Description=DRM on Aquasential Tankless reverse osmosises water filtration system | |Description=DRM on Aquasential Tankless reverse osmosises water filtration system | ||
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==Consumer-impact summary== | ==Consumer-impact summary== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Culligan without key.jpg|thumb|Culligan Filter with plastic key removed.]] | ||
[[File:Waterdrop-key-left culligan-key-right.jpg|thumb|Water drop key (left) Culligan key (right)]] | [[File:Waterdrop-key-left culligan-key-right.jpg|thumb|Water drop key (left) Culligan key (right)]] | ||
[[File:Culligan | [[File:Culligan unit with Waterdrop filters.jpg|thumb|Top slot Culligan filter, Middle Slot Waterdrop filter with Culligan key slotted in, Bottom slot Waterdrop filter with key removed. ]] | ||
The revers osmosis system uses filter cartridges that are very expensive and are only directly offered from the company Culligan. After searching for many years I found another company with what appears to be the exact same RO tankless system<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-16 |title=Water Drop Tankless Revers Osmosis System G3P800 |url=https://www.waterdropfilter.com/products/tankless-reverse-osmosis-system-wd-g3p800-w-fc-1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=waterdropfilter}}</ref> with the exact same filters so I bought them and found that they were exactly the same except a little plastic key that made them "incompatible". I was able to pry off the key with a knife and interchange them if I wanted to. OR better yet it worked without the key at all. | The revers osmosis system uses filter cartridges that are very expensive and are only directly offered from the company Culligan. After searching for many years I found another company with what appears to be the exact same RO tankless system<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-03-16 |title=Water Drop Tankless Revers Osmosis System G3P800 |url=https://www.waterdropfilter.com/products/tankless-reverse-osmosis-system-wd-g3p800-w-fc-1 |url-status=live |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=waterdropfilter}}</ref> with the exact same filters so I bought them and found that they were exactly the same except a little plastic key that made them "incompatible". I was able to pry off the key with a knife and interchange them if I wanted to. OR better yet it worked without the key at all. | ||
The plastic key was only added to try to make the filters incompatible. | The plastic key was only added to try to make the filters incompatible. | ||